As filhas de Tzelafchad receberam três porções da herança [de Eretz Yisrael]: a porção de seu pai, que foi uma das que deixaram o Egito, a porção com seus irmãos na propriedade de Chefer e a porção adicional como bechor ( primogênito). [Este tanna sustenta que Eretz Yisrael foi repartido entre aqueles que deixaram o Egito, sendo escrito (Números 26:55): "Segundo os nomes das tribos de seus pais herdarão." Tzelafchad e Chefer, seu pai, tomaram parte da terra, estando entre os que deixaram o Egito. E as filhas de Tzelafchad tomaram a parte da terra que foi atribuída a seu pai, a parte que lhes foi herdada da herança de Chefer, seu pai, e a parte adicional que lhe foi atribuída como bechor. E mesmo que eles ainda não tivessem herdado a terra, e um bechor não toma uma porção dupla do que está por vir após a morte, Eretz Yisrael foi considerado (já) mantido.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
נטלו שלשה חלקים בנחלה – in the inheritance of the Land of Israel. And this Tanna/teacher [in the Mishnah] holds that the Land [of Israel] was divided to those who left Egypt, as it is written (Numbers 26:55): “[The land, moreover, is to be apportioned by lot;] and the allotment shall be made according to the listings of their ancestral tribes” (see Talmud Bava Batra 117a). And Tzelophchad and Hefer, his father, took portions in the Land, for both were among those who left Egypt. But the daughters of Tzelophchad took the portion of their father that would become his property in the Land. And the portion that would become his from the inheritance of Hefer his father. And the portion of his first-born share as he was a first-born and he takes a double portion. But even though they had not yet inherited the land, the first-born does not take a double portion as is appropriate to come after death. The Land of Israel was held in possession.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
Introduction
In Numbers 27 the story is told of Zelophehad’s daughters. Zelophehad died with no sons and his daughters came to Moses to request that they inherit Zelophehad’s property. Moses brings the request to God who affirms that if there are no sons then the daughters are the next in the line of inheritance. Mishnah three deals with the case of Zelophehad’s daughters.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
The daughters of Zelophehad took three portions of the inheritance (of the Land of: The portion of their father who was of them that came out of Egypt; And his portion among his brothers from the property of Hepher (Zelophehad’s; And, in that he ( was the first-born, he took a double portion. This mishnah lists how many portions of land the daughters of Zelophehad received. According to the mishnah the Land of Israel was divided according to the adult males who left Egypt (and not according to those who actually arrived to the Land of Israel). Since Zelophehad and his father, Hepher, both left Egypt, they both would have received a piece of land in Israel. In addition, Zelophehad, being the first born, would have taken a double portion in the inheritance he received from Hepher. These three portions, Zelophehad’s own portion and the two portions he inherited from Hepher, all would have passed down to the daughters of Zelophehad when he died.
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Questions for Further Thought: • How does this mishnah connect with the subject of the previous mishnah? In other words why is this mishnah here and not somewhere else in the chapter?
